Crazy! Are You Really A Beast Tamer?

If it were just ordinary means, Shui Miao and Shu Liangjun would not fail to detect it with their spiritual power.

The JuYang Giant Clam once again spewed out two streams of water. Under the control of the clam, these two streams of water turned over the grass and separated two metal plates beneath it, revealing an underground passageway.

A secret tunnel leading downstairs appeared before the three of them, Fang Mu, Shui Miao and Shu LiangJun.

Panoramic view shows the entire entrance of the tunnel wrapped in a Diamond Rank metal spiritual material known as Radium Uranium Steel.

Inside the secret tunnel is a continuous staircase which bears beast-head totems crafted from Radium Uranium Steel on every few steps on both handrails.

Each of these beast heads is different, yet, without exception, they are all carved in the shape of a dragon’s head!

Even though Fang Mu is not a Spirit-smithing Master, he knows that Radium Uranium Steel is the pinnacle of hardness among all Diamond Rank spiritual metal materials.

Sequential beasts would find it very difficult to leave a scratch on a panel of Radium Uranium Steel, let alone undertake such detailed carvings!

Fang Mu figured that this secret tunnel surely stores the legacy of this ruins.

Otherwise, a secret tunnel like this wouldn’t be so intricately crafted.

These dragon heads, elaborately carved out of Radium Uranium Steel, have become mottled over countless years. Such mottled traces could not possibly have been artificially created.

Even if the entrance to the secret tunnel was covered by people from the Seventh Era, their concealment has no relation with the existence of the secret tunnel itself.

"Let’s go, let’s check it out together!"

"Let’s see who’s playing tricks here!"

"If someone has entered the secret tunnel and the metal plate concealing it from outside has not been retracted, it means the last person who entered the tunnel has not come out yet!"

"Human spirit-smiths generally only create usable spiritual instruments. Metal panels marked with energy circuits are functional tools."

"The person who came was well-prepared!"

"There are no footprints or traces of trespassing outside, meaning this entity either flew into this tunnel or carefully concealed their tracks."

"If my guess is correct, it’s mostly a Beast Controlling Force that has entered this tunnel."

"The Beast Controlling Force was able to locate this place so quickly, and it could be a matter of luck."

"But the various signs all suggest that the Beast Controlling Force came prepared."

"We’re able to get a map of the outside of the ruins. It’s highly possible that the Beast Controlling Force has a map of the inside of the ruins!"

Fang Mu nodded slightly to these remarks.

What Shui Miao and Shu LiangJun said are all conjectures, not necessarily the truth.

However, having now arrived here, there’s no justification for not seizing what’s theirs.

Shui Miao was the first to enter the tunnel and said,

"Elder Shu, you should follow behind Ah Mu."

"If anything goes wrong, just start teleportation with Ah Mu. Don’t worry about me."

"The actual leader of the Beast Controlling Force is a Yin Yang Leopard."

"Even if the Yin Yang Leopard ascends to an Order Level, I might still be able to overpower it. At worst, after you teleport Ah Mu, I can easily disengage."

Upon hearing this, Shu LiangJun did not insist on staying and fighting alongside Shui Miao.

Even if the two Order Level powerhouses fight against the Yin Yang Leopard, they may have the upper hand,

or they might even manage to kill the Yin Yang Leopard eventually.

However, they cannot guarantee Fang Mu’s safety under the relentless attack by the Yin Yang Leopard.

To ensure Fang Mu’s safety, teleporting him away is the best choice!

"Ah Shui, I will release my beast to assist you before we leave."

"We’ve seen few Beast Controlling Forces along the way, but they account for as much as 40% of the total parties entered into the ruins."

"The Beast Controlling Forces are much more united than human forces. Suppose the Beast Controlling Forces are abundant in numbers and have the support of Xuan Feather Surprised Crane and Luili Red Flame Deer, you might get hold back."

We’re entering the final stage of the race for the relics legacy, it’s do-or-die here!

Fang Mu took a deep breath and followed behind Shui Miao.

Fang Mu never liked taking risks. In his previous life, he came from a scholarly family and was educated since childhood by his parents that a gentleman doesn’t stand on a dangerous wall.

However, Fang Mu did have his own bold side. When it was crunch time, he always chose to dash forward!

This was related to his solid foundation.

If it hadn’t been for this, Fang Mu wouldn’t have dared to step into dangerous territory so readily.

Fang Mu was very sensitive to blood energy. As soon as he entered the entrance of this secret tunnel, he sensed the fresh smell of blood coming from below.

Before Fang Mu could warn Shui Miao and Shu Liangjun, they too had noticed this.

Shu Liangjun directly summoned a ghost device, and the nine purple gold bells under the silver bracelet trembled slightly, but made no sound.

Once faced with danger, these nine purple gold bells would immediately ring out.

The suspended staircase kept going down, but the environment around it did not get darker.

On the handrails of the staircase on both sides, dragon heads were inlaid with a special crystal that emitted a faint glow.

Fang Mu did not choose to immediately remove these special crystals from the dragon statues.

A well-lit environment was beneficial for the exploration of Fang Mu and the others.

Once they obtained the heritage of the ruins, Fang Mu could take away all the dragon heads on the handrails of the ladder, which were made of radium uranium steel.

These animal heads crafted from radium uranium steel were very valuable, so there was no need to damage the dragon heads just for the sake of the crystals embedded in them.

The suspended staircase was very wide, easily allowing more than ten people to walk side by side.

As the trio walked along the edge of the staircase, they suddenly saw a pile of metal fragments scattered on the staircase ahead.

Shui Miao, who was leading the way, bent down, picked up a piece of metal fragment, and after studying it for about ten seconds, said.

"The master who left this relic was an expert in handling mechanical puppets!"

"These parts mostly come from a mechanical puppet, which has been shattered."

"The body of the mechanical puppet has already been taken away by someone."

"There’s still some blood on the ground that hasn’t dried up, it must have come from the side that fought the mechanical puppet!"

With that, Shui Miao took out a cork stick used by spirit-smithing masters in the process of carving energy circuits to wipe them.

Shui Miao dipped the cork stick in the blood that hadn’t dried up, smelled it lightly, and said with certainty.

"This blood comes from a creature with a gigantic elephant bloodline."

"Among the beast taming tribes who entered the ruins, the ones that match this bloodline could either be the Bi Luo Elephant or the Rock Moving Elephant."

"It looks like the one who made the deployment was indeed the Beast Controlling Force and their members!"

"Whether it’s the Bi Luo Elephant or the Rock Crushing Elephant, they both have astonishing defence capabilities."

"These mechanical puppets are able to pierce the defence of these beasts, which indicates that the level of these mechanical puppets’ attacks has reached the top of the Sequential Level!"

Listening to Shui Miao’s words, Fang Mu truly realized the danger of this Underground Palace.

Mechanical Puppetry was a craftsmanship skill during the Fifth and Sixth Epochs.

By the Seventh Epoch, both craftsmen and Spirit-Smithing Masters would be using this technique.

The puppets created by Mechanical Puppetry had a fundamental difference from Mechanical Beasts.

Mechanical Beasts were alive, and the Mechanical Heart allowed them to have feelings and life.

But Mechanical Puppets, possessing an energy core, were inanimate objects.

Those who created the Mechanical Puppets would add commands to the energy core of the puppets.

Unless the creator of the Mechanical Puppet changed the commands, it would continue to operate according to the previously set commands.

For Mechanical Puppets, what really makes them powerful is not their attack power, but their defensive capabilities.

The further they went down, the more shattered mechanical puppet fragments scattered on the ground, and the more blood stains became visible.

Looking at the bloody stairs in front of him, Fang Mu was certain that the Beast Controlling Force must have suffered heavy casualties!

Only the corpses have been taken away by the surviving beasts.

At this moment, Fang Mu couldn’t help but feel like he was reaping the benefits of others’ hard work.

As the saying goes, ’when the snipe and the clam grapple, the fisherman catches both’.

No matter if the Beast Controlling Force was the snipe or the clam, Fang Mu was that fisherman.

Finally, Fang Mu and the others made it to the end of the suspended staircase, coming upon an underground plaza of enormous size.

In the middle of the square was an altar, which was surrounded only by a handful of leaders of the Beast Controlling Force.